Petition To Have S/E Add a Donation "Add-On" to PoL

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

About a minute after my last post, I thought better of posting it and went back to delete it, but I saw it was already too late. So I’ll add some things.

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

When a disaster strikes, it’s natural for emotions to overwhelm people. But in responding to such disasters, being overwhelmed by emotions is the last thing you need. It leads to poor judgment and bad decisions.

The entire point of this little internet petition is to say “Square-Enix should do something.” Sure, it’s well-intentioned, and the people who suggested this “are only trying to help.” But throughout, you’re forgetting that the people you’re telling to make these changes and do these things have very likely been sleeping and (hopefully) eating in their offices for the entire weekend. I would wager that the servers have been up this long in great part because the people maintaining them have been physically unable to go home. Heck, keeping those servers up probably helped these people have a slice of normalcy in this psychologically taxing situation.

And you want these people to do more.

Let them take the week off. Let them find their ways home to their families.

On top of that, you are asking them to do something that is fundamentally difficult and needs to be done carefully. To be brief, what if the “charity” that Square-Enix links to is a scam?

If you really want to help, donate to a reputable charity or relief organization, and remind yourself that you are, ultimately, doing the right thing by helping the people who are the most capable at helping.

And if you want to help Square-Enix directly, you need do nothing more than buy their stuff. It could be argued that buying Final Fantasy XIV was already an act of charity.

I won't be commenting on this topic again.

[Siviard]

/signed

Siviard of Unicorn (soon to be Fenrir after the merge)

Anything to help our Japanese friends.

[Vanar]

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Even if SE doesn't bring the servers back up, u don't need a special button to donate to the relief fund.

Customers of participating wireless carriers can text REDCROSS to 9-0-9-9-9 to make a $10 donation to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. Donations will appear on customers’ monthly bills or be debited from a prepaid account balance. Message and data rates may apply. Depending on the carrier, individuals can donate two or three times per month.

[slakyak]

Yeah I guess all we really needed was for someone to post the info on here!! Nice one Vanar.

I see you've dropped it on a few threads... I say chuck a new topic on too.

[Niyah]

Niyah / Versace of Cerberus

[Kagato]

Kagatojurai - Phoenix

[Mokatu]

I'm in. We need to help not only SE, FFXI, but Japan. Perhaps its time to relocate the servers to better ground?

[Silentlucidity]

Silentlucidity of soon-to-be Odin

[Haglaz]

Second!


Haglaz-Leviathan

[Lollerblades]

I agree /

Aroex / Lollerblades ~ Ragnarok